Tex. Lab. Code § 408.122 · Subchapter G. IMPAIRMENT INCOME BENEFITS
ELIGIBILITY FOR IMPAIRMENT INCOME BENEFITS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A claimant may not recover impairment income benefits unless evidence of impairment based on an objective clinical or laboratory finding exists. If the finding of impairment is made by a doctor chosen by the claimant and the finding is contested, a designated doctor or a doctor selected by the insurance carrier must be able to confirm the objective clinical or laboratory finding on which the finding of impairment is based.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 980, Sec. 1.27, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1456, Sec. 5.03, eff. June 17, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 3.112, eff. September 1, 2005.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.408.htm
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